Re: [DL] Rant!

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 01:58 PM 1/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
 >I don't think they could get rid of the list if they wanted to.  It is fan
 >owned and run is it not?

Well - they could in either of two ways.

The first is to pull a TSR and sic some lawyers on Gamerz.net.  Very unlikely.

The second would be to pull a "take my ball and go home" attitude ( or "an 
ignore them and they will go away").  They could start a different listserv 
elsewhere, replace any and all references to this listserv with the new 
"official" one, maybe discourage any freelancers that participate in this 
one, and possibly subtly slander the members of this list if the subject 
came up, etc. etc.  The thing that gives this listserv it's "zing" over 
other areas was the very close relationship between the authors and the 
fans here.

Hmm - how would I spin this - "While we appreciate the efforts and time 
that has been taken on behalf of Deadlands by Gamerz.net, we decided to 
start our own listserv for we did not feel that is was appropriate or wise 
to have an official function in the hands of people who were ultimately not 
directly responsible to the company.  Also, by hosting the listserv on (X) 
we believe that we can provide a higher quality of service and offer more 
features then are currently available."
         "Those members who participate in the older listserv who are not 
on this one were not comfortable with the choices we had to make to save 
Pinnacle from itself and to keep Deadlands a viable product.   We 
appreciate all the support they've given Pinnacle in the past, and as time 
passes we hope they will choose to join us here."

That may be a bit rough, I haven't had to practise doublespeak in quite 
some time.



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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com
Deadlands fan site - http://www.darious.com/

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teams could make trouble for us if they win.
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